Oklahoma adventurers the Flaming Lips will be taking another step into the unknown at the Pitchfork Music Festival. The band attracted criticism from music critic and ardent fan Jim DeRogatis last month for going back on the original plan to have a fan-chosen set-list.

Now Mr. DeRogatis will have to eat his words, as Wayne Coyne has again agreed to take requests for their slot at Pitchfork’s bash. According to the festival organisers: “The Lips will play selected songs chosen by fans in the – œWrite the Night: Set Lists by Request’ format.”

“The Lips are more than glad to be part of ‘Write the Night’,” Wayne Coyne told Pitchfork. “They will do their best to accommodate the wildest and most obscure of request – covers included.”

Friday night headliners Built to Spill, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo and the Jesus Lizard will also take up the – œWrite the Night’ format. Ticket buyers can vote online for their ideal set-list on the festival website. The Pitchfork Music Festival happens in Chicago on the weekend of Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July.

Pitchfork Festival full line-up

Friday – “Write the Night: Set Lists by Request”
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise

Saturday
The National
Beirut
DOOM
Yeasayer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fucked Up
Plants and Animals
Matt and Kim
Lindstrøm
Wavves
Ponytail
Charles Hamilton
The Duchess and The Duke
Disappears

Sunday
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
M83
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Blitzen Trapper
Frightened Rabbit
The Mae Shi
Black Lips
The Very Best
Mew
Vivian Girls
Japandroids
DJ/Rupture
Women
Dianogah